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College Graduate Hiring Plans Flatten Out for Class of 2021
October 19, 2020
By NACE Staff
Although college hiring has indeed been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, steps employers have taken have allowed them, at least to this point, to blunt its potential full impact. Read More.
Compensation
Transportation and Materials Moving Top-Paid Class of 2019 Associate Graduates
October 05, 2020
By NACE Staff
Transportation and materials moving majors earned the highest average starting salary by far among Class of 2019 associate degree graduates. Read More.
Compensation
Computer Sciences, Business the Top-Paid Class of 2019 Majors at Advanced-Degree Levels
September 21, 2020
By NACE Staff
Computer sciences majors have the highest starting salary at the master’s-degree level for the Class of 2019, while business grads are the top-paid at the doctoral level. Read More.
Compensation
Average Salary for Class of 2019 Up Almost 6 Percent Over Class of 2018’s
September 04, 2020
By NACE Staff
The final overall average starting salary for the Class of 2019 is $53,889, which is up 5.8 percent over the final average starting salary of $50,944 for the Class of 2018. Read More.
Internships
Research: Cold Networking Key to Finding Internships and Jobs
August 01, 2020
By Sean O’Keefe and Barry Posner
A nationwide survey of more than 500 college seniors and recent graduates found that those who engaged in cold networking were twice as likely to get an internship. Read More.

DATA BITES

6.9%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

7.9% (OCTOBER 2020)/
4.4% (OCTOBER 2019)

Unemployment rate, bachelor’s degree grads age 20 – 24
Bureau of Labor Statistics

$53,889

Average starting salary, Class of 2019 bachelor’s degree graduate
Summer 2020 Salary Survey

58.7%

Percent of Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree grads employed full time within six months of graduation
First Destinations for the College Class of 2018

NACE JOBWIRE

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College Graduate Hiring Plans Flatten Out for Class of 2021

Transportation and Materials Moving Top-Paid Class of 2019 Associate Graduates

Computer Sciences, Business the Top-Paid Class of 2019 Majors at Advanced-Degree Levels

Average Salary for Class of 2019 Up Almost 6 Percent Over Class of 2018’s

Research: Cold Networking Key to Finding Internships and Jobs

DATA BITES

6.9%

7.9% (OCTOBER 2020)/ 4.4% (OCTOBER 2019)

$53,889

58.7%

NACE JOBWIRE

7.9% (OCTOBER 2020)/
4.4% (OCTOBER 2019)